Cercestis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Subfamily: | Aroideae |
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| Genus: | Cercestis Schott |
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Cercestis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The species in this genus are all climbers and are endemic to Africa.[2][3] At intervals along the stem they produce long leafless shoots called flagella. Many of the species in Cersestis show signs of fenestration.[4]
Species[]
- Schott - tropical West Africa from Senegal to Nigeria
- (Ntépé-Nyamè) Bogner - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
- Engl. -Angola, Zaire, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Central African Republic, Cameroon
- Engl. - Zaire, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Cameroon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast
- Jongkind - Liberia
- A.Chev - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Gabon
- (Engl.) N.E.Br. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
- (N.E.Br.) Bogner - tropical West Africa from Benin to Angola
- Engl. - Liberia, Ivory Coast
- Bogner & Knecht - Liberia, Ivory Coast
References[]
- ^ Adolf Engler - "Das Pflanzenreich" Vol. 48 issued 1911
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.
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